Journalism Quotes · Page 76

I have a liberal definition of news because I think news can be what excites people. I'm not very sanctimonious about what…

— Diane Sawyer

To foment grievance and to set men at variance is the trade by which agitators thrive and journalists make money.

— Dorothy L. Sayers

I read the New York Times, and if I'm in a different city, I'll skim that paper.

— David Cross

I like being involved in the lighter side of journalism because it serves a purpose, and it's fun. And I can keep…

— Eleanor Mondale

I always think there are people looking not so much for information as for reassurance and reaffirmation of their views.

— Tom Brokaw

The power of the media is really the only new issue in the last 50 years, probably.

— Miuccia Prada

Journalism justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of the survival of the vulgarist

— Oscar Wilde

The things that make for a good journalist - or for that matter, make for good journalism - they've never changed since…

— Jemele Hill

Obviously, in journalism, you're confined to what happens. And the tendency to embellish, to mythologize, it's in us. It makes things more…

— Amy Hempel

Today, journalists more than any other cohort of professionals, are responsible for the confusion that surrounds power and its criminality in contemporary…

— Martin Walker

The second is the damage to the credibility and independence of a free press which may be caused by covert relationships with…

— Frank Church

It is so difficult to draw a clear line of separation between the abuse and the wholesome use of the press, that…

— Thomas Jefferson

“The unbearable silliness of English newspapers from about 1900 onward has had two main causes. One is that nearly the whole of…

— George Orwell

So I think that good journalism helps you to zoom out, to focus on the structural forces that govern our lives. And…

— Rutger Bregman

I don't hate journalists. You can't hate a class of people. It's wrong to say that. But I do think they're a…

— Mick Jagger

I work for a big newspaper, and I guess I'm an insider. I don't have the luxury of calling myself a foreign…

— Mark Leibovich

There are a lot of folks at Fox News who bring a certain level of sophistication to their understanding of politics.

— David Shuster

As both a First Amendment absolutist and as an American, I want to keep our government as far away from our press…

— Kat Timpf

The first essence of journalism is to know what you want to know, the second, is to find out who will tell…

— John Gunther

Remember,the press is a business: Newspapers and magazines are in business to make money - sometimes at the expense of accuracy, fairness…

— Michael Jackson

The media does play a vital role in our democracy, and if we cannot depend on journalistic ethics, the nation's in trouble.

— Dave Brat

We all might ask ourselves why we tune in to these more trivial matters and tune out when it comes to Darfur

— Nicholas D. Kristof

I don't pretend to be objective. There is no such thing as being an objective journalist.

— Jeremy Scahill

You guys should know we do [ cover Obamacare, and ISIS, and radical Islamic terrorism] because you watch CNN all day long.

— Anderson Cooper

Be a journalist. I can't get away from you guys, then I just mingle with you guys.

— Yao Ming

Holding our own government to account for the use of its power is, in my view, the highest mission of a U.S.…

— Barton Gellman

The modern economics of the newsroom don't support big investigative reporting staffs.

— Steve Bannon

I used to have trust with reporters. Give them scoops. Those were the old days. It's very strange, when you give a…

— Joe Arpaio

I'm barely reading the 'New York Times!' But I do try to keep abreast of things.

— Chris Diamantopoulos

But there's a big difference between, say, reporting on a story and simply making up a story.

— Errol Morris

When you have a child victim, I don't think cameras should be in the courtroom, ever.

— Nancy Grace

We're dealing with character assassins. We're dealing with career assassins. That's who the media is today.

— Rush Limbaugh

American Journalism is dead… They have behaved like hockey goalies in front of Barack Obama’s net.

— Roger Noriega

A newspaper is a private enterprise owing nothing whatsoever to the public, which grants it no franchise. It is therefore affected with…

— William Peter Hamilton

I believe, with the media, you must answer every question in some way. And in very, very, touchy situations, we must answer…

— Colman Domingo

“A newspaper that wishes to make its fortune should never waste its columns and weary its readers by praising anything.”

— Anthony Trollope

We must build a trickle-up media that reflects the true character of this country and its people. A democratic media serving a…

— Amy Goodman

“Today most of the people don't want to read or listen but surely they want to feel - so empathy is the…

— Amit Abraham

The media's intentional corruption of the truth is an abomination and NRA members will never - and I mean never - submit…

— Wayne LaPierre

A lot of stories that have fascinated me are tabloid stories that have come from other newspapers, like 'The New York Times.'

— Errol Morris